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The government and the telecom regulator do not plan to intervene in telecom companies' decisions to raise prices, stating that tariffs in India remain among the lowest globally. Authorities, however, want the companies to enhance the quality of ser...

India's telecom companies, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea, are increasing tariffs to boost revenue and fund network expansion, following a lifeline from the Government of India for spectrum purchase. Despite high spectrum p...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is expected to earn around Rs 1.20 lakh crore in revenue receipts this fiscal, with state-run BSNL contributing significantly, despite a tepid response to the recent spectrum sale. The government is likely ...

On Saturday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced a master plan worth Rs 424 crore for upgrading facilities at the Badrinath temple. The initiative aims to enhance pilgrimage experiences while balancing environmental sustainabili...

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the monetization of its land parcels in Mangalore in an effort to bolster its financial standing. The two-acre land parcel adjacent to Kadri Park at Store Yard, near Kadri Hills on Park Road, is set ...

An investigation by the central government into Byju's cleared the edtech firm of financial fraud charges, according to a report by Bloomberg. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, however, denied it on Wednesday evening. This and more in today's ETtec...

This is the second time in six month where BSNL has suffered a data breach. Athenian Tech chief executive Kanishk Gaur told ET, the breach involved more than 278 GB of data from the state-owned telecom operation, including server snapshots, which ca...

Recently, BSNL sold one of its properties in Lucknow to the Income Tax department for around Rs 229 crore, which was the market value of the building.

Lava International has restructured its board, elevated leadership members, and added two independent directors. The move follows co-founder Hari Om Rai's resignation from the board following the Vivo money laundering case. The company plans to rais...

Pashupati Advani discusses telecom sector, Bharti Airtel, Indus Towers, challenges faced by private banks, HDFC Bank, election uncertainty, and insights on IPOs and the primary market. Advani says: "If one was being prudent, I would actually say tak...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) faced backlash from mobile phone companies over plans to migrate its digital intelligence platform (DIP) to Amazon Web Services (AWS) from servers run by BSNL and C-DoT. The move was criticized for compromi...

State-owned BSNL will start rolling out 4G services across the country from August, using completely indigenous technology in line with the government's "Atmanirbhar" policy, according to official sources. BSNL officials claimed to have recorded pea...

India's telecom subscribers increase to 1.197 billion in February 2024, with urban and rural areas showing growth. Broadband subscriptions also rise to 916.7 million, with Reliance Jio leading. All circles see growth in wireline and wireless segment...

The government is considering measures like network upgradation, employee cost rationalisation, and sales enhancement to improve BSNL's operational efficiencies. BSNL needs to reduce manpower costs and benchmark employee expenses with other telecom ...

Experts feel that 2G technology is likely to remain mainstream in India at least for the next two-three years as a good number of people still use it, particularly those who can't afford a smartphone. As per industry data, around 50 million 2G phone...

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba called a review meeting with the senior officials of BSNL and MTNL earlier this week to take an update on the monetisation process. "They have been asked to prepare a detailed circle-wise report, with the land parcel an...

The state-run firm’s 4G network is to be deployed by TCS in a phased manner and a few thousand sites are already up and running in a few circles. But since the network is not present pan-India, the telco has been losing customers.

HFCL, a domestic telecom gear company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured an order worth Rs 179 crore from BSNL to supply 4G and 5G network equipment. Out of this, Rs 141 crore is for capital expenditure and annual maintenance contract. The co...

Licences of five circles of Airtel are expiring on February 9 while one will expire in July. India's second largest telecom operator will buy spectrum for these circles in the upcoming auction, slated to be conducted in March, company officials said.